I've played around with a animated planner, and with a 3D chart
that shows interlinks between various technologies. The animation is
particularly interesting, one can show future projections as
semi-transparent objects, with surface properties based for instance
on the degree of likelyhood, importance, field, applications, etc. It
gives a more "gut' feel for progress than a 2D chart.
>Yes, I think this will be the next big thing. The in-your-pocket
>pathogen analyser using mini-PCR and DNA-chips I discussed on another
>thread seems to be feasible, the biomedical researcher I talked with
>tonight didn't see any problem, except that she didn't believe there
>was a market for it :-)
Jeez. I'd pay for one right now.
>What I would like is a molecular film that acts as a cellular
>automaton. Maybe we could use the microtubule units?
What for? How small a unit cell? How many (how few, actually)?
Is there a market for this that cannot be filled with projected
Si 'von Neumann' chips?
What film thickness would you like?
What good is a microtubule? It has to be in water, no?
Any other ideas for thin-film, nearly nanotech products?
Forrest